Laurie Penny: the babies we don't care about today | Boost for Miliband in Unite poll | 10 questions about Cameron's 'war on porn'

Weekly Online Newsletter 23 July 2013 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE ECONOMICS POLITICS CULTURE BLOGS JOBS SUBSCRIBE If you were forwarded this by a colleague please click here to subscribe Editor's Choice Ten must-read blogs The babies we don't care about today Of all future subjects of our new infant overlord, none are more scapegoated than teenage single mums. Let's not forget about them and their children today. By Laurie Penny Boost for Miliband: poll shows 170,000 Unite members would opt-in to join Labour A survey by Lord Ashcroft shows 12% of the trade union's 1.42 million members would affiliate themselves to Labour under the new system. By George Eaton Every opinion piece you're about to read about the royal baby In predictable fashion, anyone with a column to fill in the next week is going to write about the new royal arrival. By Rafael Behr 10 questions about Cameron's 'war on porn' Including, who decides what counts as 'pornography', what happens when people 'opt-in' and what about page 3? By Paul Bernal The Man Booker Prize 2013 longlist in full How many have you read? By Philip Maughan Why Labour and the Lib Dems should be lining up to praise Lynton Crosby The Tories' campaign strategist can't win over the liberal voters the Tories need for victory. By Nick Tyrone The UK's new self-defence law opens the door for a Trayvon Martin case By placing what is essentially a variant of Florida's "stand your ground" law on the statute book, the coalition has created the potential for greater acts of vigilantism. By Jacob Turner Ten online dating mistakes to avoid if you don't want to die alone For starters, never describe yourself as "bubbly" or "normal". By Eleanor Margolis The shocking case of Marte Dalelv shows why we should be boycotting Dubai The handling of rape cases is just one reason why we should be using our economic leverage to force Dubai to clean up its act. By By Nelson Jones Remembering Vicky, the Queen Britain never had Elizabeth Norton looks back to another highly-anticipated royal birth - that of Queen Victoria's eldest child. By Elizabeth Norton Promotion The New Statesman Century The New Statesman Century celebrates one hundred years of the finest cultural and political commentary written in the English-speaking world. This perfect-bound, 244-page collector's edition of the magazine brings together a selection of work from former New Statesman contributors including George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Edward Said, Rebecca West and Julian Barnes. This limited edition of the New Statesman is now available. Click here to buy a copy now (UK). For order of multiple copies or for overseas delivery contact Stephen Brasher by email or on 44 0207 936 6459. Sponsored Advertorial   Subscribe Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e- mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2013. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.